Koch Institute Public Galleries: Stopping the Spread of Cancer How can doctors detect and stop the deadly process by which cancers spread throughout the body? This video traces the work of the KI's Gertler lab to better understand metastasis and identify new targets for detection and therapy of metastatic cancers. The video currently appears in the interactive exhibits of the KI Public Galleries. Learn more at http://ki.mit.edu/galleries.Author(s): No creator set

Chemical Engineer Dr Ray Dagastine explains the crucial role of emulsions and surfactants in everyday items like shampoo and ice cream. The first of our special "Up Close Summer Season of Science". With host Dr Shane Huntington.

Professor Ian Anderson discusses contemporary approaches to health research and education for indigenous Australia. We also hear a New Zealand angle from Assoc Prof Papaarangi Reid of the University of Auckland. With host Jacky Angus.

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Roving puppeteers tug at heart strings July 19 - A travelling puppet theatre charms Lithuanian children as the horse-drawn show brings stories alive on a pop-up stage. Tara Cleary reports.Author(s): No creator set

"Special Topics at Edgerton Center: D-Lab Health: Medical Technologies for the Developing World, Spr " D-Lab Health provides multi-disciplinary approach to global health technology design via guest lectures and a major project based on fieldwork. We will explore the current state of global health challenges and learn how design medical technologies that address those problems. Students may travel to Nicaragua during spring break and work with health professionals, using medical technology design kits to gain field experience for their device challenge. As a final class deliverable, you will creAuthor(s): Bardsley, Ryan Scott,Gomez-Marquez, Jose,Srivastav

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Students help Haiti When the massive earthquake hit Haiti, a group of Harvard students working on a water purification project in the Dominican Republic switched gears to help transport supplies across the border.Author(s): No creator set

The first-ever libertarians were the Levellers, an English political movement active in the seventeenth century. The Levellers contributed to the
elaboration of the methodological and political paradigm of individualism, and they are at the origin of the radical strand of classical liberalism. While
the Levellers are often characterized as a quasi-socialist movement, closer examin

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